The list of ship launches in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1980.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | Wärtsilä | Turku | Viking Saga | cruiseferry | For Rederi Ab Sally | |
| 12 January | Alborg Vaerft | Alborg, Denmark | Olfert Fischer | Niels Juel-class corvette | For Royal Danish Navy | |
| 12 January | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | SKR 482 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy | |
| 16 January | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Boone | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 18 January | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding | Sea-Land Mariner | D9-class container ship | For Sea-Land Corporation | ||
| 23 January | Gdańsk Shipyard | Gdańsk | Pogoria | Sail training ship | ||
| 25 January | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Aradu | MEKO 360 frigate | ||
| 1 February | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Uthlande | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH[1] | |
| 15 February | Wärtsilä | Turku | Viking Song | cruiseferry | For Rederi Ab Sally | |
| 16 February | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Clifton Sprague | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 16 February | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | McKee | Emory S. Land-class submarine tender | ||
| 18 February | Vosper Thornycroft | Southampton, England | Nottingham | Type 42 destroyer | ||
| 1 March | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Scott | Kidd-class destroyer | ||
| 1 March | Carrington Slipways | Tomago, New South Wales | Tobruk | Modified Round Table-class landing ship logistics | ||
| 4 March | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Brazen | Type 22 frigate | ||
| 12 March | Mochishio | Yūshio-class submarine | ||||
| 14 March | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | KRI Cakra | Type 209 submarine | For indonesian Navy | |
| 15 March | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Carl Vinson | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | ||
| 15 March | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Lewis B. Puller | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 18 March | Ishikari | destroyer escort | ||||
| 1 April | Schiffswerft und Maschf. Max Sieghold | Bremerhaven | Bugsier 14 | tugboat | For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft[2] | |
| 19 April | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Boston | Los Angeles-class submarine | ||
| 26 April | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Viking Sally | cruiseferry | Originally ordered by an unknown Norwegian company. Contract transferred to Rederi Ab Sally. | |
| 29 April | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Michigan | Ohio-class submarine | ||
| 15 May | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Flatley | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 17 May | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Merrimack | Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler | ||
| 30 May | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Stark | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 31 May | Montcalm | Georges Leygues-class frigate | ||||
| 6 June | Frederikshavn Vaerft | Frederikshavn | Mercandian Trader II | type FV 610 RoRo-ship | For Per Henriksen[3] | |
| 9 June | AG Weser | Bremen | Niedersachsen | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy | |
| 21 June | Werft 340 | Selenodolsk | SKR-28 | Koni-class frigate | For Soviet Navy | |
| 28 June | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Chandler | Kidd-class destroyer | ||
| 25 July | Wärtsilä | Turku | Finlandia | cruiseferry | For Effoa. Planned name when launched was Skandia | |
| 26 July | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Copeland | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 1 August | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Prinsesse Ragnhild | Cruiseferry | For Jahre Line | |
| 2 August | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Cape Cod | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender | ||
| 16 August | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Atlanta | Los Angeles-class submarine | ||
| 27 August | Burrard Yarrows Corp. Vancouver Division | North Vancouver | Queen of Surrey | C-class ferry | For BC Ferries[4] | |
| 30 August | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Jack Williams | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate | ||
| 3 September | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Rheinland-Pfalz | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy | |
| 4 September | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | KRI Nanggala | Type 209 submarine | For indonesian Navy | |
| 25 September | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Liverpool | Type 42 destroyer | ||
| 26 September | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Sydney | Adelaide-class frigate | For Royal Australian Navy | |
| 21 October | Wärtsilä | Turku | Silvia Regina | cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Svea | |
| 30 October | Burrard Yarrows Corp. Victoria Division | Victoria | Queen Oak Bay | C-class ferry | For BC Ferries[5] | |
| 31 October | Aalborg Vaerft | Aalborg | Tropicale | Cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Lines | |
| 7 November | Hatsuyuki | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer | ||||
| 16 November | Wilton-Fijenoord | Schiedam | Bloys van Treslong | Kortenaer-class frigate | ||
| 22 November | AG Weser Seebeckswerft | Bremerhaven | Olau Hollandia | Cruiseferry | For Olau Line | |
| 24 November | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering | Barrow-in-Furness, England | Manchester | Type 42 destroyer | ||
| 5 December | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Gotland | Cruiseferry | For Rederi AB Gotland; chartered to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna as Wasa Star on delivery | |
| 13 December | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Baltimore | Los Angeles-class submarine | ||
| 17 December | Nordseewerke | Emden | Emden | Bremen-class frigate | For German Navy | |
| 20 December | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gallery | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
See also
| Ship events in 1980 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
References
- ^ "M/S Uthlande". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "DNV GL: Bugsier 14". Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ "M/S MERCANDIAN TRADER II". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "M/S Queen of Surrey". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "M/S Queen of Oak Bay". Retrieved 2016-03-29.